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August 1986 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq
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Part of the
Kurdish?Turkish conflict
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3D map of the North Iraq area
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Date
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Location
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Result
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Turkish victory
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Belligerents
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Turkey
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Kurdistan Workers' Party
(PKK)
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Strength
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8,000 troops
10 war planes
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Unknown
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Casualties and losses
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None
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165 killed
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The
August 1986 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq
, by the
Turkish Air Forces
and
Turkish Land Forces
, began on 15 August 1986, when the
Turkish Military
bombed
Kurdistan Workers' Party
(PKK) targets
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in northern
Iraq
and Turkish troops crossed the
Iraqi border
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as a respond to PKK attack in
Uludere
,
Hakkari
on 12 August 1986 which killed 12 Turkish soldiers and injured 10 others.
[7]
Operation
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On 15 August 1986, at 06:00, 10 war planes started bombing PKK targets and 8,000 Turkish troops crossed the border after informing the
Iraqi government
about the planned operation due to a security agreement signed between 2 nations in 1984. In 15 minutes, Turkish war planes destroyed several shelters owned by PKK and bombed 3 major PKK camps (codenamed Lolan, Nebadiye and Lak-1 by Turkey). At 17:30, then
Prime Minister of Turkey
Turgut Ozal
announced that around 100 PKK militias were killed so far and operation was going to continue. As a result of the operation, 165 PKK militias were killed. Casualties among Turkish troops remains unknown meanwhile it's known that none of the 10 war planes were destroyed or damaged.
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Alleged Soviet help
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According to Turkish sources, some of the captured PKK militias confessed that there were many Soviet officers in PKK camps and a PKK camp in Syria was ruled by Soviet officers.
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References
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Turkey
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Kurdish
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The conflict
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Protests
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Peace process
and peace efforts
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Kurdish leaders
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Turkish leaders
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See also
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